How Pi Network Went From Sad Math Symbol to Crypto Rock Star Overnight 🚀

TL;DR

  • The crypto market is up because Wall Street took a break from panicking over the US-China “friendship.” Somehow, PI wound up at the cool kids’ table.
  • The best guess for why? The mysterious, faceless “Core Team” posted a tantalizing little tease on X (the artist formerly known as Twitter) and sent everyone into a frenzy. No, not that kind.

PI Network comic

Watching PI’s price has been like witnessing a penguin try to fly: you cheer for it, but mostly it just kind of flaps and splashes. It hovered near its all-time low for so long that you’d think its official symbol was actually 🦥 instead of π. Even after bravely clawing its way up from $0.4, it languished in crypto purgatory while basically every other coin was out doing cartwheels and backflips.

This week, though, PI finally did something other than limp sideways. It shot up a brave 7%—enough to make the hodlers squint suspiciously, wondering if someone’s cat walked across a keyboard. Now trading at a luxurious $0.62, PI enjoys the rarefied air of “slightly less embarrassing.”

Chart of PI price

Sure, some people will say today’s spike is just crypto in general having a “better than usual” day, like finding a $10 bill in an old jacket. But the real fun started when the Pi Network’s official account (with its gigantic and probably-not-bought following) dropped a cryptic, “exciting ecosystem announcement coming!” post. Que dramatic gopher gif.

A Pi ecosystem announcement will be released on May 14. Tune in to find out what’s coming next!

— Pi Network (@PiCoreTeam) May 7, 2025

No details. Not even a blurry product photo. Predictably, rumors exploded like Mentos in Diet Coke. Enter stage left: Moon Jeff—Pi’s own unofficial hype man—who claims Binance, crypto’s Disneyland, might be prepping to list PI. If true, this would be like getting invited onto Oprah but for digital coins.

Let’s not forget, Binance ran a “should we add PI?” poll a while back. The answer: an enthusiastic, desperate “YES, PLEASE.” Since then, it’s been radio silence, but hope springs eternal, especially when you’re holding a bag full of PI coins and dreams.

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2025-05-08 09:11